Hub-band



(No Model.)

" J. MARIS.

HUB BAND.

No. 522,225. Patented July 3, 1894-.v

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Hue-BAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 522,225, dated July 3,1894.

Application led May 24, 1 893-v Serial No. 4175,386. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/:1 Y y Be it known that I, .IARED MARIS,acitizen of the United States, residing in the city of Cincinnati,county of Hamilton,.and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Covers and Linings for the Ends of Hub-Bands; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exactdescription of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in yornamental covers and liningsfor point bands for vehiclehubs which arespun or drawn from sheet metaland may be securely affixedto the point-band or an extension of thehubband which forms a part of the same and also provides a securefastening for dust and mud caps made with springsor dogs such as areshown in the 'accompanying drawings.

With this object in view the inventionconsists in certain novel featuresof construction of parts and combinations and arrangements' of the same,as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.-

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l represents in longitudinalsection a shell in common use for carriage hubs having the point bandcast with it as an extension also showing my improved cover and liningin place. Fig. 2 represents the same as Fig. l as to the shell band withcover and lining except that the band shows a bead or flange in commonuse over which one form'of my improved lining is spun; and also shows asec- -tion of dust and mud cap in position; Fig. 3

is a section of an ordinary point band forl hubs showing another form ofmy invention in which a bead is used instead of a circumferential grooveand the groove made in the springs of the dust caps reversing the orderbut accomplishing the same purpose as to holding the dust caps.

To more particularly describe my invention as shown by the drawings, thegroove is marked in Figs. l and 2 with E. F represents the bead as shownin Fig. 3. A represents the bands and B the linings in each of theiigures and C the dust caps. d cl are the springs in dust caps thatcatch into the groove or over the bead in the lining as shown at E andF.

The object 'of my invention is primarily to provide such a recess aswill form an abutment to hold dust and mud caps in place on the hub, andwill insure against rattling or coming off; and also to provide aholding abutment forward of the flange used in shell, Fig. 2 which islocated so near the end of the wood hub that there is not room forclutches on the dust caps to catch. Secondarily my object is to increasethe strength and bearing vpower of the lining, so as to cause greater'friction both on ythe outside andinside of the band in order to holdthe cover and lining on vby friction without other appliances or toolsthan those necessary to drive them on. These desirable objects I attainby the groove and bead as shown in drawings and hereinafter claimed.

I am aware that linings and covers are made forpoint bands that form anabutment for locking springs of dust and mud caps over the end of thelining which prohibits the dst cap from losing in most cases but doesnot,

as experience has shown in use, prohibit it from rattling because it isnot practicable in ordinary ,manufacturing methods to get (or to keepwhen in use) exactly corresponding length of spring and lining from endof band to offset in lining and flange of cap to the oset in spring; andany change in spring by wear or set from compression that lengthens itcauses the cap to strike the end of the band or lining and rattle. Myinventionrcures this by making an abutment to prohibit the dust cap fromcoming out and 4also another to keep it from going in and the groovesbeing of uniform depth the cap is held at this point in placeindependently of the end bearing of cap iange against band and allinequalities in length appear between cap flange and end of band whichis readily covered by shape of flange.

I hereby disclaim all covers and linings that have not a circumferentialgroove or do not contain a continuous circumferential bead in the lininginside the band, or double abutment Ato keep the springs or dogsfromgoing in or out.

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What I claim, andvdesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a point'ba'nd for vehicle hubs and a sheet metalcover and lining when the lining contains an internal circumferentialgroove, substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of a point band for vehicle hubs of a sheet metalcover and lining when the lining contains an internal circumferentialgroove and is spun over an internal flange in the band, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination of a point band for ve hicle hubs of a cover andlining of a dust and mud cap when the lining contains an internalcircumferential groove into which the springs ofthe dust and mud capexpand to lock it in place, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

4. The combination of a point band for vehicle hubs of a sheet metalcover and lining of an internal bead of a dust and mud cap when thesprings contain a groove adapted to fit over the bead, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

5. `The combination of a point band for vehicle hubs of a sheet metalcover and lining of a dust and mud cap when the lining is provided withagroove or bead which supplies a bearing for both sides of the bead orgroove in the springs for locking the dust and mud cap in place,substantially as described.

p JARED MARIS. lVitncsses:

JAMES N. RAMsEY, BENJAMIN BLOCH.

